2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 28 - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
28-929 Assault on an officer, emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the first degree; penalty.
28-929. Assault on an officer, emergency responder, certain employees, or a health care professional in the first degree; penalty.
(1) A person commits the offense of assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional in the first degree if:
(a) He or she intentionally or knowingly causes serious bodily injury:
(i) To a peace officer, a probation officer, a firefighter, an out-of-hospital emergency care provider, or an employee of the Department of Correctional Services;
(ii) To an employee of the Department of Health and Human Services if the person committing the offense is committed as a dangerous sex offender under the Sex Offender Commitment Act; or
(iii) To a health care professional; and
(b) The offense is committed while such officer, firefighter, out-of-hospital emergency care provider, or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her official duties or while the health care professional is on duty at a hospital or a health clinic.
(2) Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional in the first degree shall be a Class ID felony.
Source
- Laws 1982, LB 465, § 3;
- Laws 2005, LB 538, § 1;
- Laws 2009, LB63, § 7;
- Laws 2010, LB771, § 4;
- Laws 2012, LB677, § 1;
- Laws 2014, LB811, § 17.
Cross References
- Sex Offender Commitment Act, see section 71-1201.
